Rams at Seahawks: Live game thread

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THERE’S THE BEAST — Lynch cracks 100 yards for the day and scores on a 16-yard touchdown to seal this one. Seahawks lead 30-13 with 2:57 to go. Lynch ties a franchise record with touchdowns in nine consecutive games.

RAMS SCORE! RAMS SCORE! — Stop the presses. The Rams finally scored a touchdown in Seattle, their first in three years, according to Danny O’Neil of the Seattle Times. Steven Jackson punched it in from one yard out. It’s 23-13 Seahawks with 4:39 remaining in the game.

INSURANCE — Hauschka adds a 48-yard field goal, and the Seahawks extend their lead to 23-6 with 8:27 to go. The Rams might not score enough points in their next two games to make up this deficit.

GAME OVER? — Doug Baldwin catches a 29-yard touchdown pass from Tarvaris Jackson with six seconds to go in the third quarter, and the Seahawks take a commanding 20-6 lead. The Rams haven’t scored a touchdown in Seattle since the Lincoln administration, so this might be a fairly safe lead at this point.

RAMS ADD 3 — Josh Brown hits a 29-yard field goal, and the Seahawks now lead this thriller 13-6 late in the third quarter. Anyone still watching?

YAWN — Another Seahawks drive stalls in the red zone, but this time Steven Hauschka misses a 38-yard field goal try wide right. It’s still 13-3 Seahawks with 4:24 remaining in the third quarter.

THREE MORE FOR SEATTLE — Brandon Browner intercepted Sam Bradford on the first play from scrimmage of the second half, and the Seahawks drive to the 5-yard line before stalling and settling for a 23-yard field goal. They now lead 13-3 early in the third quarter.

HALFTIME STATS — After each team effectively botched an attempt to score before halftime, the Seahawks lead 10-3 at the break. Here are some numbers for you:

RAMS SCORE — They’re on the board after a 46-yard field goal by Josh Brown. It’s 10-3 Seahawks with 11:04 to go in the first half.

SEAHAWKS ADD THREE — Steven Hauschka knocks in a 42-yard field goal to push Seattle’s lead to 10-0 with 1:35 to go in the first quarter. Mike Williams and Deon Butler each had catches on the drive. Butler’s was his first since breaking his leg against San Francisco last season.

DOUG BALDWIN SHOW — The rookie has dominated on special teams early. First, he took a reverse from Leon Washington on the game’s opening kick to the 43-yard line. Then he downed the Seahawks’ ensuing punt at the Rams’ 6-yard line. And then he blocked the Rams’ ensuing punt with alarming ease, taking it directly off the foot of St. Louis punter Donnie Jones. Michael Robinson scooped it up and took it 17 yards for an easy touchdown, and the Seahawks lead 7-0 in the first quarter. Heck of a special-teams display for Baldwin early.

We’re here at CenturyLink Field, under the lights for the Seahawks’ second prime-time kickoff in as many weeks. Of course, the Monday Night Football broadcast carries with it a bit more prestige than last week’s Thursday night game on NFL Network.

The weather is about as nice as you can expect this time of year. Clear, sunny (it’s dark now, but it was sunny earlier) and picturesque.

Some personnel news: the Rams will indeed start Sam Bradford at quarterback. He’s active. Backups A.J. Feeley and Tom Brandstater are not, which means St. Louis will use Kellen Clemens as its backup quarterback. Bradford practiced on Saturday for the first time this week. He’s been nursing an ankle sprain.

Seahawks middle linebacker David Hawthorne, who rested an MCL sprain this week, is active and should start.